Antonio Gatani, 82 years old from Patti, one of the three hunters shot dead two days ago in the Montagnareale woods, in the Messina area, was shot in the back at the kidney level. Devis Pino, 25 years old, the second hunter killed, was instead killed with a shot in the chest. His brother Giuseppe Pino, 43, was found on the ground curled up and covered in blood, as if he had tried to drag himself to escape before dying.
The first findings of the investigation
These are some of the elements that emerge from the investigation into the killing of the three men, coordinated by the Patti Prosecutor’s Office. The investigators are reconstructing the phases of the ambush through initial findings and technical investigations.
Mobile phone analysis
The investigation focuses in particular on the signals of the mobile phones which, at the presumed time of the crimes, were connected to the telephone cell covering the area of the Montagnareale forest. From this examination the investigators aim to verify whether, in addition to the victims, there were other people present in the area.
Voices and testimonies
In the town there are rumors that there were also other people in the woods hunting for wild black pigs, coming from the Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto area. At the moment, the investigators have not disclosed any details on the role of the questioned witness who, according to unconfirmed rumours, participated in the hunting trip with Gatani.
The search for shell casings
According to other rumors, no shell casings were found at the crime scene. For this reason the police returned to the woods several times, also using metal detectors, in an attempt to identify any traces useful for the investigations.